Photo expedition in Voranava District 2012: Zhyrmuny, Bjenjakoni, Hajtsjunishki, Kanvjelishki, Bol’tsinki, Hjermanishki, Asava, Paharodna, Nacha, Radun’, Pjeljasa, Zabalats’ Фотавандроўка па Воранаўскім раёне 2012 г.: Жырмуны, Беняконі, Гайцюнішкі, Канвелішкі, Больцінкі, Германішкі, Асава, Пагародна, Нача, Радунь, Пеляса, Забалаць Sorting the potato harvest. Адбор бульбы.
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Photo of the Day for July 3, 2020
Family farming in Polesia, Tsjerablichy 2016. See photos of the day for March 12, 2020 for an explanation of my view why it is more accurate to call Belarusian homesteaders in villages family farmers rather than “peasants”. Сямейнае фермерства на Палесьсі, Цераблічы 2016 г. У кантэксце працягу беларускамі ўладамі савецкіх палітыкаў калектывізаванай сельскай гаспадаркі… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 3, 2020
Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017
Harvesting potatoes from the garden. Tsjerablichy 2017. It is a deeply-engrained custom in Belarusian villages to plant potatoes on a significant portion of the garden around one’s house. After photographing Vasil’ and his daughter Tats’tsjana at work, I put the camera aside and helped fill two bags’ worth. Пакуль спадар Васіль нясе поўны мяшок на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017
Potato harvest from the family allotment, Tsjerablichy 2017. First cultivated in the Belarusian lands in the mid-18th century, the potato is now one of the most important elements in the Belarusian diet. Families anxiously await the harvest, the quantity and quality of which to a huge degree will determine both how well a homestead makes… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 8, 2017
Light in August. Tsjerablichy 2017. Сьвятло ў жніўні. Цераблічы 2017 г. Granny Prosja (99) after digging potatoes in the garden plot. Бабуля Прося (99) пасьля збору бульбы з агароду. A basket of potatoes straight from the garden patch. Бульба з агароду.